Getting Help - Dell PowerEdge 2500 Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

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Introduction
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2500 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Other Documents You May Need
Getting Help
Safety, Regulatory, and Warranty Information
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2500 systems are high-speed servers that offer significant service and upgrade features. These systems include the following service features to
make troubleshooting and repair easy and effective:
Embedded server management hardware, which monitors temperatures and voltages throughout the system and notifies you if the system overheats, if a system
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cooling fan malfunctions, or a power supply fails
Redundant, hot-pluggable cooling fans and power supplies
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Dell Diagnostics, which checks for hardware problems (if the system can boot)
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The following system upgrade options are offered:
Additional microprocessors
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Additional memory
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A variety of PCI expansion-card options (including RAID controller host adapter cards)
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A DRAC 2 PCI expansion-card for system management
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Other Documents You May Need
Besides this Installation and Troubleshooting Guide, the following documentation is included with your system:
The Dell PowerEdge 2500 Systems User's Guide, which describes system features and technical specifications, video and SCSI device drivers, the system
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setup program, and software support utilities.
The Dell OpenManage™ Server Agent documentation, which describes the features, requirements, installation, and basic operation of the server management
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software. Refer to the software's online help for information about the alert messages issued by the software.
You may also have one or more of the following documents.
NOTE: Documentation updates are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to the system or software. Always read these updates before
consulting any other documentation because the updates often contain information that supersedes the information in the other documents.
Operating system documentation is included with the system if you ordered the operating system software from Dell. This documentation describes how to install
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(if necessary), configure, and use the operating system software.
Documentation is included with any options you purchase separately from the system. This documentation includes information that you need to configure and
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install these options in your Dell system.
Technical information files—sometimes called "readme" files—may be installed on the hard-disk drive to provide last-minute updates about technical changes to
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the system or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians.

Getting Help

If at any time you do not understand procedure described in this guide, or if your system does not perform as expected, Dell provides a number of tools to help you.
For more information on these help tools, see
Safety, Regulatory, and Warranty Information
For important safety, regulatory, and warranty information, see the System Information document that came with your system.
"Getting Help."